Koreans
happily drew 1:1 in their first group game against Russia after an
embarrassing save of the Russian goalkeeper Akinfeev. Before that lucky
situation the Korean performance wasn’t good. However they played better
and more sufficient than the Russians and not many shots on goal were
seen in the first half. The second one was better for both sides. Korea
even had chances to win this match but the goal by Kerzhakov (’74)
burried their hopes. The final result seems to be better for the Koreans
who were perceived as an underdog in that first game. Now they have
another chance to prove their value. The game against well-playing
Algeria will be very demanding on the one hand but on the other the
opponent seems to be weaker than the Russians. At the end the Koreans
have to remeber that it will be only prelude to the next game against
the group leader, Belgium.

Algeria team lost their first encounter in Brazil against the group
favourite, Belgium. The final result – 1:2 – doesn’t really say the
truth about Algeria, who scored the first goal of the game (penalty) and
have been defending very effectively for long time - against a strong
Belgian team. Finally Algeria has fallen not at last because of the very
well chosen Belgian substitutes – Fellaini and Mertens, who scored the
belgian goals. In the upcoming game they will certainly have far better
chances to get a good result but it doesn’t mean that it will be easier.
Koreans managed to stop the Russians and they will be hard to defeat.
Most Algerian eyes are on Sofiane Feghouli and Nabil Bentaleb who can
lead Algeria to a success.